Isn't it time we had a Jersey City thread?

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First of all, who all in this bee-yotch lives there?

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

Second, Comfort is the best goddamn soul food I've ever had. Creole Shrimp was the bomb tonight.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)

I THINK WE HAVE TOKYO ROSEMARY COULD CONFIRM BUT SHE"S GOING TO BED.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

PS SOUL FOOD NORTH OF MASON-DIXON SUCKS DUDE

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU ARE SO WRONG.

Seriously, Comfort is better than any place I've tried in the South, including the "legendary" Mama Dip's in Chapel Hill.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

i had astonishingly great barbecue in brooklyn last week. that's not jersey city tho. carry on.

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

dude, HURTING, ever hear of TEH GREAT MIGRATION?

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

I sense East Coast madness in the wee hours of the night!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:26 (twenty years ago)

JC is not quite chock-full of good places to eat, but a couple of others I've found:

1) Lombardi's -- seems like sort of a best kept secret. AMAZING italian deli and gourmet pizza

2) Dosa Hut -- in the little India section, very tasty dosas, (as featured in The Voice)

3) Rasoi -- a good standard Indian restaurant

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

dude, HURTING, ever hear of TEH GREAT MIGRATION?

-- hstencil (hstenc!...), April 12th, 2005.

Uh, YAH. That's why there's good soul food here.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

WATERED DOWN

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

Actually no.

Actually my guess is that the people that run this restaurant are actually from the south.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

Take one Path train to Jersey and try one meal at comfort. K thx bye.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)

ACTUALLY TRY ONE SERCH FUNCTION

Hoboken vs. Jersey City FAJCP?

ACTUALLY CHAPEL HILL IS ABOUT AS "SOUTH" AS MEMPHIS IS NORTH

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

One search function was tried. One thread is mainly about Hoboken, the other about a long past FAP.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:37 (twenty years ago)

I R IN HOBOKEN

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

Bro-boken isn't bad for some things. It's a very pleasant town to walk around on a nice day, many good restaurants, but the bro factor makes it suck at night.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:35 (twenty years ago)

the "bro factor"?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:38 (twenty years ago)

You know, the *dudes* that clog the streets at night.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:40 (twenty years ago)

I live here. Great Indian food and markets on Newark Ave., Mulu Baltena (Ethiopian) and the new Vietnamese place both on Bergen Ave. are good, rent is cheap and my neighbors are nice. Other than that Dirty City is just that.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:21 (twenty years ago)

but I have the same initials!

― Remy (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:24 (twenty years ago)

JC is not quite chock-full of good places to eat, but a couple of others I've found:
1) Lombardi's -- seems like sort of a best kept secret. AMAZING italian deli and gourmet pizza
2) Dosa Hut -- in the little India section, very tasty dosas, (as featured in The Voice)
3) Rasoi -- a good standard Indian restaurant

-- Hurting (Hurtingchie...), April 12th, 2005.

That asshole proprietor of Dosa Hut kicked me out last Sunday because - in his words - "you are taking too long to eat and I need your table". Mind you, I had my dosa all of five minutes and the place wasn't even full. I had been a steady customer of the place since they opened, but the fool decided to single me out. Never again. I left my food and walked.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:25 (twenty years ago)

Mulu Baltena (Ethiopian) and the new Vietnamese place both on Bergen Ave. are good,

Snap. I've never tried those places.

Madame Claude (French) and Marco and Pepe are both pretty good, but they're not cheap and everyone already knows about them. Ibby's Falafel is ok if you're looking to eat for 3-4 bucks. La Congajuita (Cuban) on Manilla is better than Hard Grove but kind of uneven.

That story about Dosa Hut is ridiculous.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, and Kitchen Cafe (kind of near the waterfront area, but I forget what street) has good breakfast.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

Once I was reading in Hamilton Park and this middle aged guy came up and started talkign to me. he went ont he racist rant for half hour. I was all 'uhhhh" Then the next day I was in the city and saw this guy on Allen St!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

I have never been to the Flamingo.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

I like the Sunday book sale at the Epsicopal church. I found the May Pang book there!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

Ice-T walked by house on SVU

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

I liek the ice cream place on Jersey and 3rd? 2nd? I forget.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)

I have never been to the Flamingo.

-- tokyo nursery school: afternoon session

It's pretty meh. If you want late night diner, the one by the Holland Tunnel is probably a better bet. I haven't tried the diner on Grand St. yet.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

Best coffee I've had in town is at a place that just opened on Grand St. called Legal Grounds.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

WFMU. Enough said.

― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Random factoid I was recently surprised to learn: PM Dawn were from Jersey City.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

Is the Newport Mall considered part of Jersey City? I like the Target over there. (I live in Hoboken.)

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Yes, it is.

So I guess the majority of you live in the Grove St. area? Lucky. I love Hamilton Park (that's what that little park surrounded by brownstones is called, right?) and wish I could afford to live down thereabouts.

Hey, Hurting - if ever up in this neighborhood (Journal Sq. area) and want to try the Viet or Ethiopian joints drop email me. I'll join ya.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

PM Dawn were from Jersey City.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Tad is set adrift on memory bliss.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Anybody have a good Philippino resturaunt? I hear Fiesta Grill is good…

― Krim (louizah), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:38 (twenty years ago)

Hey, Hurting - if ever up in this neighborhood (Journal Sq. area) and want to try the Viet or Ethiopian joints drop email me. I'll join ya.

-- Jay Vee (ziut...), April 12th, 2005.

Definitely.

Is the Vietnamese place over there better than the one on Newark Ave. more towards downtown? Cause that one was a little disappointing -- food was ok but everything was a bit sweet and bland.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

I've never tried the Viet place on Newark, but this one is fairly delicious. Lemongrass dishes actually have lemongrass in them and spicy dishes are spicy.

The Ethiopian cafe I also mentioned is tiny but theirs is the best Ethiopian I've had yet. And hella spicy.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

Lemongrass dishes actually have lemongrass in them and spicy dishes are spicy.

That is so key. The waiter at Wild Fusion (Thai) on Grove admitted to me that they don't actually use lemongrass.

I dig Ethiopian too -- Makeda in New Brunswick was pretty awesome, so I'll be impressed if it beats that.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

I forgot you live in Hoboken too, Eisbar. We should go grab a beer sometime.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Jay, anytime you want to try the soul food, give me a holler. The prices are moderate: 10-12 bucks gets you an entree, which is big and comes with two generous sides. Food is very good, especially for the price, atmosphere is very nice, and deserts are off the chain.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I have a rather unusual/unorthodox living situation and the rent is much cheaper than market for the area. The Grove area is ok but seems a little deader than it should be. Bars close too early (12pm in some parts).

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 03:35 (twenty years ago)

Dude, I live on the same block as Comfort and eat there on the regular. We should meet up and talk music.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 05:16 (twenty years ago)

Re: PM Dawn.
One of those cats lives a few blocks from me. They're still in the JC.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 05:17 (twenty years ago)

Anybody up for Comfort this weekened sometime e-mail me. Sounds like a great place.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:21 (twenty years ago)

Anybody up for Comfort this weekend sometime e-mail me. Sounds like a great place.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

Sorry there.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm out of town this weekend, unfortunately.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)

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I'm a bit sick, so I may or may not have the wind to holla.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, 29 January 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Yo, the brunch at Taqueria Downtown is phenomenal.

Also, I'm now on this board: http://www.jclist.com as "JSalt". Holler at me if you're on there.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 6 February 2006 22:53 (twenty years ago)

Hurt, where is Taqueria??

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 February 2006 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Jersey City Bingo! HAHA!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:24 (twenty years ago)

ROZE, I KNOW!! I miss it so, I just threw out my bingo markers kind of recently.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:27 (twenty years ago)

I still have mine! Somewhere. The only bingo by me seems to be senior centers, I don't think they'd let in someone my age :(

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:43 (twenty years ago)

every time i've bingo'ed we were the youngest people there, but i've only ever been to church bingo nights where everyone's welcome. elderly types get CRANKY when some young upstart wins a board.

― joseph (joseph), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:06 (twenty years ago)

xpost Taqueria is at the corner of Grand and Grove. I really recommend it, especially the brunch. Pretty much all the brunch entrees are under $8 - chilaquiles, huevos mexicanos, pozole, etc. It's BYO so if you want your mimosa you have to bring the champagne.

Good tacos during the week too - especially the carnitas and nopales.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:07 (twenty years ago)

Rosemary won at bingo the first time I went and the old people were crazy happy for her, although they did check the board extra carefully in case she was mistaken, you know how bad those young whipper-snappers are with the finer points. RZ took us out for creeps at Madame Claude's on her winnings, it was very nice of her -- and delicious!

Oh bah, Grand and Grove? I never get down there anymore.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Taqueria is okay, but excepting the flan, not great.
I've been all up on wild fusion lately; the nicest sushi bar in JC fer my money.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 February 2006 01:15 (twenty years ago)

Well I like Taqueria and I think Wild Fusion is pretty meh. So HA!

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 17 February 2006 01:46 (twenty years ago)

Also Komegashi has good sushi.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 17 February 2006 01:46 (twenty years ago)

Pistols at dawn, dude.
Yeah, I think I prefer Komegashi myself now that you mention it.
You wanna finish Lagaan anytime soon?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 February 2006 01:56 (twenty years ago)

The lady is babysitting tomorrow night if you want for us bros to hang out.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 17 February 2006 03:40 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

I'm playing tonight (Friday) at Victory Hall (Grand and Marin) if anyone wants to come out.

Roadside Graves
American Altitude (my band)
DJ Doc
Reg E. Gaines
fundraiser show for Arthouse Productions
9pm

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 30 June 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going to JC with Forksclovetofu today!

― Machibuse '80 (ex machina), Friday, 30 June 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

2001 and Day the Earth Stood Still this weekend at the Loews, with star interviews!

http://www.loewsjersey.net/

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

six months pass...

SUEZ CANAL!

― Hurting 2, Saturday, 9 June 2007 03:43 (eighteen years ago)

SUEZ FUCKING CANAL!

― Hurting 2, Saturday, 9 June 2007 03:43 (eighteen years ago)

Small salad
Eggplant & Peppers appetizer
Tahini sauce/pita
Brown Rice
One delicious whole barbecued porgy
One fried fillet of grouper in yummy garlicky tomato relish
two mint teas
$23
WAHT?!

― Hurting 2, Saturday, 9 June 2007 03:45 (eighteen years ago)

Also finally made it to the Loews to see Strangers on a Train. Incredible theater.

― Hurting 2, Saturday, 9 June 2007 03:46 (eighteen years ago)

As disappointing as Jersey City is in terms of music, nightlife, etc., the food situation has become really good.

Within walking distance of my place now I have very good Vietnamese, taqueria Mexican, Italian deli, and decent Greek, Cuban, and falafel/shawarma, all cheap, plus a couple of good coffee places, an excellent tea shop, and two mid to higher price-range places I like (Marco & Pepe, Madame Claude). One PATH stop away (Journal Square) there are a bunch of good Indian restaurants, both Northern and Southern, as well as the Egyptian fish place, and in the other direction (by the waterfront) there are a couple of very good, not-too-expensive sushi places. I don't really like the one thai place near me, but another one is about to open a few blocks from my apartment.

― Hurting 2, Sunday, 10 June 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

The area from Grove Street to the water is getting more and hideous every day. I kind of assumed as more money poured into the area they'd at least build nicer buildings, but the whole thing just looks like a mid-level finance worker storage area (which I guess is what it is) - like I expect the buildings to be full of cryo-freeze compartments instead of actual dwellings.

― Hurting 2, Sunday, 17 June 2007 23:35 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Food update: The Little Sandwich Shop, which just opened on Manilla, is a very good, inexpensive deli.

1,000% OTM

― Eisbaer, Saturday, 30 August 2008 15:30 (seventeen years ago)

I like following Jason Perlow's "Off the Broiler" blog for NJ food porn.

― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 30 August 2008 16:04 (seventeen years ago)

I won't be reviving this thread anymore.

― Hurting 2, Saturday, 30 August 2008 16:31 (seventeen years ago)

Why not?

― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 30 August 2008 17:08 (seventeen years ago)

I moved to Brooklyn.

― Hurting 2, Saturday, 30 August 2008 17:29 (seventeen years ago)

You guys should move to Brooklyn.

― Hurting 2, Monday, 1 September 2008 18:58 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/10/21/_center_Oops_center_.htm

JERSEY CITY (CN) - Parents say an Alcorr Transit bus driver showed hardcore pornography to 28 preschoolers on a field trip to the Land of Make Believe. Apparently it was inadvertent, but it continued "for several minutes" until the driver responded to "the screams and shouts of the parents."
The preschool, PRR Corp., says it hired Alcorr to take 28 children, ages 3 to 8, on a field trip. Apparently the bus driver watched the movie while the kids and parents were at the park, then left it on after the children returned for the ride home.
"As the bus was traveling, the children and adults were subjected to the graphic images and sound of said hardcore pornographic movie," according to the complaint in Hudson County Court. "The passengers were subjected to this for several minutes before the driver turned it off as a result of the screams and shouts of the parents.
"As a result of this incident, numerous parents removed their children from plaintiff's preschool, causing plaintiff a severe loss of income. Further, as a result of word of the incident spreading throughout the community, plaintiff suffered numerous cancellations in its enrollment and a great decrease in the number of applications for future enrollment, resulting in a severe loss of income."
Plaintiff is represented by Lonny Hirsch.

― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:13 (seventeen years ago)

Hey, my old employer reported that. (The website, not the bus company!)

― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:16 (seventeen years ago)

four weeks pass...

what's on fire out there?

― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 November 2008 20:30 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2008/11/tanker_in_flames_on_the_wester.html

― o. nate, Thursday, 20 November 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)

thx

― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 November 2008 20:37 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

is there anything to do in jc? apart from watch fires, or read about what be defiled by your councilman etc? i want a cafe to sit in late or something.

― schlump, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 02:39 (seventeen years ago)

typo/too much time gingerly phrasing 'or be defiled by your councilman' so as not to offend/slander.

― schlump, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 02:40 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4152034622/in/photostream/

neat

also i think i had never been around grove st 2 years ago

― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Friday, 15 July 2011 19:26 (fourteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

my friend is hosting a quiz night on Grove St tomw at 8:

http://www.themerchantnj.com/

Can't promise I'm attending yet, but could happen.

― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2012 02:51 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

Trivia again at the bar above tonight. Very winnable if you play with me.

― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 March 2014 13:07 (twelve years ago)

seven months pass...

vintage horror this weekend at the Loews, incl Nosferatu on the pipe organ tonight

http://www.loewsjersey.org/films

― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 October 2014 14:39 (eleven years ago)

aw that sounds fucking great, can't go though

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 14:43 (eleven years ago)

also, rockin' in the cemetery on Saturday

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/10/jersey_city_rockers_raise_the_dead_as_music_legends_at_cemetery_benefit_concert.html

― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:43 (eleven years ago)

Ghost of Uncle Joe's? What is it about Jerseyans that they love carrying the torch for lost causes so much.

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:45 (eleven years ago)

??? It's just a name, dude.

― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:48 (eleven years ago)

They're not actually trying to reopen the best dive bar in New York (that happens to be in New Jersey).

― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:49 (eleven years ago)

No I know, I just think it's very Jersey to still be pining for a dive bar that closed ten years ago.

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:50 (eleven years ago)

I liked that place too don't get me wrong. Lived across the street from it for a year even.

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:51 (eleven years ago)

Graveyard party was so fun last year. One of the things I miss most about JC.

― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:23 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

http://ncac.org/ncac-at-work/an-interview-with-mr-abillity-the-artist-behind-jersey-city-censored-monopoly-mural

― woke-ing class zero (s.clover), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 05:36 (nine years ago)

I think I might have seen that dude's work at a gallery in JC once, sounds really familiar.

― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 13:54 (nine years ago)

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